Posted on 12/13/2010 9:34:35 AM PST by greyfoxx39
Oops
Aztecs.
Oprah Christians...
Sheesh...
45,000,000 'unborn' (in America alone) that haven't had a chance to choose Christ.
Imagine some Hollywood love story.
This woman hasn't met a certain man, but she hears about him all the time from her sister.
Her sister tells her all kinds of tales about this man -- most of them untrue:
"Oh, he's the literal brother of Satan himself!"
"His married dad came over and had sex with his own daughter, Mary, and she gave birth out of wedlock."
"His own dad was this special guy for so long...NOW he literally thinks he's a god to be worshiped!"
Etc.
In the love story, the woman finally meets the certain man, loathing him at first because of all the tales she's head about him. Finally, though, after getting to know him, she finds out all the other stuff was sheer fantasy -- lies!
Here, she's falling in love with a man that she almost missed out on because of the "counterfeit" presentation of what her sister made him out to be.
Her sister made him to be another certain man.
Well, all of the above quoted material are things Lds leaders have taught (paraphrased, of course) about the Mormon Jesus and the Mormon god.
The apostle Paul taught there is indeed "another" Jesus (2 Cor. 11:3-4)...and Jesus Himself taught that "false christs" -- "false messiahs" would arise (Matt. 24).
Your conclusion you stated here is like some naive person saying, "I figure I am who I am whether some creditor or retail operation knowing it's really me who made that purchase or took out that credit card in my name. So when you make the distinction between me and an identity thief as seen by others, that does not have meaning to me because I don't change based on my financial transaction 'technicalities' and marketplace 'misunderstandings' of who I am."
The Mormon's god relationship with the Mormon Mary
Given the thread this is landing on, this should be of particular interest to Hispanic inquirers re: How Mormon leaders have presented the Mormon Mary -- and her relationship with the Mormon god!
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